Use the INSTANCEOF operator

Use the INSTANCEOF operator

Use the INSTANCEOF operator

Use the INSTANCEOF operator in a reference qualifier to shorten or simplify a complex
class qualifier.

For example, you can use the INSTANCEOF operator for a reference field to the cmdb_ci table to
specify that you want all subclasses of a class included in the results. The following reference
qualifier returns all servers, including Linux, UNIX, Windows, and so on, because each of those
subclasses extend the cmdb_ci_server
class:

sys_class_nameINSTANCEOFcmdb_ci_server

Likewise, the following reference qualifier can be similarly
simplified: